You don’t have to shorten the titles anymore. JohnRob fixed that a few months ago.
My SIL's Dad,OTHOH,fought in Europe and was wounded.At his funeral she told me that he *never* spoke about it to anyone.
I've heard it said many times that that's the way is usually is with combat vets...if they talk about it at all it's only with their brothers-in-arms.
The only combat I experienced in the Navy was getting caught in the middle of a pool ball fight in a bar in Rota, Spain.
Found a safe place under the table.
I lost my wife after a lengthy, awful hospital stay that left me with mental scars and lots of unhappy images.
I have deliberately suppressed most of the memories from that grim experience, so I can understand why some combat vets refuse to discuss the things they endured. They might be deliberately trying NOT to remember, to keep the horrors from haunting them.
Just a guess on my part.
I was an active duty Army officer from 1974-79. I never mention that I am a veteran because there was no large armed conflict going on anywhere in the world.
However, I am proud to have served.